Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 3-Aug-16

The dividend payouts of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will be closely scrutinised in the August 2016 reporting season, after their progressive dividend policies were scrapped earlier in the year. BHP has committed to paying shareholders a minimum of 50 per cent of its underlying attributable profit as dividends, while Rio Tinto’s new dividend policy will take into account its financial results and future earnings outlook. Meanwhile, analysts polled by Bloomberg generally expect Rio Tinto to post a 2016 interim underlying net profit after tax of $US1.56bn.

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